FLAT Legal Journal
A port and waterway logistics project is one where “land” is only half the premises: the other half is water surface, navigation channels and port waters — each…
Read article ↗For foreign investors’ tourism and resort projects, land is the most decisive issue of all: location is the product. Unlike public-infrastructure projects, purely commercial tourism projects mostly fall…
Read article ↗A hi-tech agriculture project (greenhouses, smart farms, seed centres, agro-processing) by a foreign investor has a rare legal advantage over industrial projects: it uses land for its proper…
Read article ↗Solar and wind projects are the most land-hungry of all FDI project types: a large solar farm needs hundreds of hectares of relatively flat land, while wind power…
Read article ↗The question “when the land lease expires, who owns the factory?” sounds simple, but its answer shapes project finance from day one: if extension is refused, the enterprise…
Read article ↗The factory built on leased land is the largest fixed asset on most FDI manufacturers’ books — and its depreciation period drives deductible expenses every year for decades.…
Read article ↗The factory on leased land is usually the largest asset of a small-to-mid FDI enterprise — and its most natural loan collateral. But mortgage rights over leased land…
Read article ↗Acquiring an operating FDI project has two legally fundamental routes from a land perspective: buying capital in the project company (land does not change holder) or buying assets/the…
Read article ↗Buying a ready-built factory from an enterprise leasing the land is the fastest route into production — but this transaction is not “buying land with a building” as…
Read article ↗Contributing land use rights (LUR) is not selling land — and its tax treatment differs from an ordinary transfer in almost every tax. Misunderstanding this makes many JVs…
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